Thursday, 17 April 2014

Lykke Li - Gunshot

Ah the pain of love. When you think of the number of songs that have been written about the hurt that it causes either through the longing for, the absence of or the pain afterwards it’s a wonder any of us ever want any sort of relationship whatsoever; but then if we didn’t what would our popstars and musicians write about and what would we relate to? We’re not sure that songs about cooking the evening meal, a day in the office or washing the laundry would have quite the same impact. Lykke Li certainly seems to thrive on these matters of the heart, here on the third track to be released from her forthcoming I Never Learn album. The queen of sadness sings of longing for love before the full on power-ballad chorus kicks in: “And the shot goes through my head and back, gun shot, I can’t take it back.” Big tune. The album about washing machines and ovens will have to wait a while yet we guess.Lykke Li - Gunshot